This is the best … This is the best way of teaching i have seen, Congrats on discovering it… Learnt it very easy and very quick Thanks

ExpressStaveNotationsays:

Very good!

Now i … Very good!

Now i play a harmonic minor scale with a key signature of 3 flats ascending one octave, but starting on the 5th degree, film it and play it backwards in the mirror, without sound. What do I appear to play?

skisantafesays:

left hand, Gm left hand, Gm

ExpressStaveNotationsays:

If youre so smart, … If youre so smart, here is a little test. I play a D major chord on the piano with my right hand and take a picture. Then I look at the picture in the mirror. What hand and what chord appears to be played?

intresting key … intresting key names, its wierd to me cuz ive always learnt it the normal way but i can see how that way could be easier

ExpressStaveNotationsays:

Well, when I first … Well, when I first noticed the symmetry of ABCDEFG, I was 17 years old, so for the 12 years before that, I had NOT noticed it. Since then I have asked a lot of people whether they have noticed the symmetry, and about 90% have not.

When you see a keyboard diagram, it is usually depicted as
C_D_E, F_G_A_B, C
(with _ _ and _ _ _
being the black key groups of 2 and 3).

In such a diagram, the symmetry of
A_BC_D_EF_G is not at all obvious.

mudgussays:

Great tutorial.
… Great tutorial.
Though I must say that most piano teachers and players must have noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern. Even if you teach to start from C you must be pretty “Dumb with a capital D” 😉 not to notice it.

hell i care about … i care about how freaky your initials are… hehe…. but are the black keys really named like that or u just made it up?!

ExpressStaveNotationsays:

I did a survey at a … I did a survey at a conference of piano teachers, and believe it or not, DUDE, most piano players and piano teachers have NOT noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern, because they all are taught to start from C. CDEFGAB is NOT symmetrical, and if you actually ASK piano players this question you will see that I am right. Of course anyone can see it WHEN I POINT IT OUT. The point is that not many have noticed it previously. NOW OFF.

skisantafesays:

HARDLY any piano … HARDLY any piano players have noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern!!!????????????????!!! WTF! you are a complete idiot. dude anyone can see that, unless they are just Dumb with a capital D

Then why are you … Then why are you looking on youtube?

skisantafesays:

wow, you are gay. i … wow, you are gay. i dont need a basic piano lesson

ExpressStaveNotationsays:

This is naming … This is naming notes according to traditional notation. The problem is that when you play on the piano, how do you decide which name to give it? I like to simply give each sound -each piano key – its own lettername. This makes the black keys seem no longer mysterious or difficult. And people argue too much about F# and Gb being different, when they are clearly the same thing, the black key K on the piano.